GENERAL35451

• Permit No: C1980003
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/31/2006
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for SL4
• From: Partial Phase I, Full Phase II and III
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Reclamation History of Areas of this Bond Release Request ..... .......................................... 7
Submittal Procedures of Current Phase I/II/III Release Application and Completeness
Determination by the Division ....................................................... .......................................... 8
Public Notice .................................................................................... .......................................... 8
Bond Release Inspection ................................................................. .......................................... 8
Technical Review ............................................................................ .......................................... 9
Comments and Objections ............................................................. .......................................... 9
III. CRITERIA FOR PHASES OF BOND RELEASE ................... .......................................... 9
Phase I Bond Release Criteria ....................................................... .......................................... 9
Phase II Bond Release Criteria ...................................................... ........................................ 10
Phase III Bond Release Criteria .................................................... ........................................ 10
Eligibility for Phase III Bond Release ........................................... ........................................ 11
IV. OBSERVATIONS AND FINDINGS .......................................... ........................................ 11
Phase I Bond Release ...................................................................... ........................................ 12
Phase II Bond Release .................................................................... ........................................ 12
Phase III Bond Release ................................................................... ........................................ 13
V. Eligibility for Phase III Bond Release .......................................... ........................................ 14
Liability Periods .............................................................................. ........................................ 14
Completion of Reclamation Operations ........................................ ........................................ 15
Compliance with the Rules and Act .............................................. ........................................ 15
Compliance with Rule 3.03.2 ........................................................... ........................................ 15
VII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ......................................... ........................................ 15
Phase I Bond Release ...................................................................... ........................................ IS
Phase II Bond Release .................................................................... ........................................ 15
Phase III Bond Release ................................................................... ........................................ 16
VI. PROPOSED DECISION .............................................................. ........................................ 16
Background Information Sources
Detailed information about the bond release review process can be found in the Act and the
Regulations, and in Guideline Re of rdinQ Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues, dated April
18, 1995. All "Sections" referenced within this document are contained within the Regulations.
Detailed information about mining and reclamation operations at the Hayden Gulch Mine can be
found in the HGTI mining and reclamation permit documents on file at the Division offices,
located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. The HGTI is a successor holder
of Permit C-1980-003 by permit transfer approved under SO-1 from the Hayden Gulch Coal
Company (HGCC). Some of the information sources retain the HGCC identification.
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